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Is Ted Cruz Latino?

I had a great conversation last week about Ted Cruz with Alejandro Negron, the host of the Hispanic Agenda on Channel 8/Telemundo, who kindly introduced me as “a leading Latino conservative voice and advocate for Latinos inside the Republican Party.” Alejandro started by

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The Trouble With the Cruz Speech

Steve, you are absolutely right, except you buried the lede. Ted Cruz’s strategy is smart: he needs to get in the race early, develop a small-donor fundraising strategy, and be seen as a fearless, full-spectrum conservative. He was smart to go to Liberty

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Ted Cruz Officially Announces Candidacy

On March 23, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) officially announced his candidacy for President in a speech at Liberty University. His remarks emphasized his Christian conservative credentials, as well as other key issues like Common Core and education: Instead of a federal government

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Ted Cruz Goes Long

Two words defined Ted Cruz’ 26 minute announcement of his presidential candidacy today at Liberty University:  “liberty” and “imagine.”  The first because of his frequent invocation of that principle of our founding; the second because of his invitation to envision the possibility of

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Semantics Aside, Ted Cruz Wants to End Common Core

In a piece yesterday for Bloomberg Politics, David Weigel wrote: For at least five months, Texas Senator Ted Cruz has been punctuating his speeches with a demand to “repeal Common Core.” He previewed the line in a pre-midterm column, published by USA Today in October 2014; Common